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Ok, I was thinking this morning about quirks..typically my own, but as I got to thinking more about it, I thought this would be a fun topic for everyone to kinda let us in on what type of quirky behaviors they have. I know for me, and lots of my bodybuilder friends, in the gym we have our "thing" and if that "thing" is slightly off, we just go crazy. Like for most, including myself, I cannot have a bar loaded with plates that do not match.
My gym has all kinds of plates laying around and they are all mixed up because we don't have any cute guys or girls running around putting things where they should be, the lifters have to fend for themselves and keep the place clean.
I also have to have my gym bag in the same corner, everyday. I walk in, put my gear down and train. When I walk in the gym, and someone is standing in my corner, they know to move without me even asking. That is my freaking corner for my shit.
I knew a bodybuilder once that had to listen to James Brown whenever he started training. It got him so psyched for his workout..it was the funniest thing to see this 245lb hardbody singing "I feel Good" at the top of his lungs as he loaded the bench press.
So, what is your quirk? Is it right before you train, during? Whatever...tell me about it..tell us all...that is, if your not ashamed or scared...LOL
RedIron 392
02-07-07, 9:46 am
I can't stand loose DB's and carry a set of allen wrenches in my gym bag.
I have to use the same tanning bed all the time.
Thats about as quirky as I get.
Later
My Squat top.
i do legs once a week and if my long sleeved low neck hoodie aint washed and ready the missus gets it big time.. i dont care if the house is a mess or the baby has written all over the walls..car broke down or if jesus is round for his dinner.. if i am in my top i WILL beat last weeks numbers no question.
It is long sleeved (as i dont get a upper body pump with legs)
and it has a hood when i just want to sit with my head down and think 'what the fuk just happened to my legs' after a 20repper. or ignore someone wanting to talk.
It has a poacket on the front for my pen and recording my numbers.
All practical stuff ...but physcologically critical to my leg workout!
im going to have a real crisis when i grow to big for it..
Giant Killer
02-07-07, 11:25 am
I have to say "grow" on every rep--it started as just a motivator but now I say it unconsciously whether I like it or not...
Before I go train I drink a tall glass of water out of my former alcoholic beer drinking stein to remind myself how far I've come...
Before bench pressing I rub my pinkies 4 times in this little groove between the textured parts--if it doesn't feel right, I have to start over...
my lil quirk is i have have to roll the bar forward myself on bench press. it doesn't add or take away weight i know but its just my lil thing.
my lil quirk is i have have to roll the bar forward myself on bench press. it doesn't add or take away weight i know but its just my lil thing.
I do that one too.
My gym has all kinds of plates laying around and they are all mixed up because we don't have any cute guys or girls running around putting things where they should be, the lifters have to fend for themselves and keep the place clean.
Lol at my gym I am the cute lil guy who reracks the weights. And you guys don't laugh I am working at a gym so atleast i get to hang out in a place i like best
i am probably the most routine dude on the planet. if i don't wear the same clothes (hopefully washed, if not, oh well) same cd (put on shuffle) same place for my drinks while working out, i'm absolutely lost...drives my wife nuts!!
as far as quirky things while lifting, i usually punch the weights on the bar and tell'em to f**k off, they're going down before i lift them. pretty weird. but it works!!
i am probably the most routine dude on the planet. if i don't wear the same clothes (hopefully washed, if not, oh well) same cd (put on shuffle) same place for my drinks while working out, i'm absolutely lost...drives my wife nuts!!
as far as quirky things while lifting, i usually punch the weights on the bar and tell'em to f**k off, they're going down before i lift them. pretty weird. but it works!!
this was pretty funny!
Lol at my gym I am the cute lil guy who reracks the weights. And you guys don't laugh I am working at a gym so atleast i get to hang out in a place i like best
So...your one of them huh...lol
Bulldozin727
02-07-07, 12:52 pm
I have to run five minutes and stretch before lifting. If I don't stretch then I won't have a good day. I also have to wear long sleeves on leg day and sweats on upperbody days. No pump No show, at least in the weight room. I always drink a protein shake in the gym before I leave. If I don't stretch afterwards and drink a shake before I leave then I don't feel complete. Peace~ Bulldozin
brandona
02-07-07, 12:57 pm
I HAVE TO WEAR A HAT, EITHER A BALL CAP OR A SKULL CAP, BUT I HAVE TO HAVE MY HAT ON.
-b
I always read The Journey (weeks 4, 9, and 11 at least!!) and listen to the same music to get me psyched before I work out...
I always listen to the same music when I work out (not by choice, believe me..ever hear of a weight room with a headphones policy? yeah..)
Specific days I wear specific gear, like leg day, I wear an old Nike tee shirt from the 90s. Nothing special, but it's the tee shirt I wore the first time I ever worked out, so it's kind of a big deal. Boy, I'm glad that sucker was huge the first time I wore it! And I don't wear socks on leg day...every other day, just not leg day.
Walking back from the gym, whether or not I listened to it when I worked out, I listen to "Changes" by Tupac. Don't really know when that started, but I love it.
My roommate and girlfriend know that if I'm totally silent when I get back to my room from the workout, that I've had a great one. It scared the crap out of them for the first couple weeks, but they got over it.
I ALWAYS wear this wolf-tooth necklace that I got from Mongolia. I have 2 of them and gave one to my girl. I close my eyes and kiss the wolf tooth and tell myself that I must give everything I have so I'll have a better chance of winning the show and I won't disappoint her. I do this everytime I walk out the locker room.
combatwombat
02-07-07, 2:42 pm
We have the Hexagonal plates at my gym. If they ain't in line and all angles arn't perfect. I can't use them.
The Handles muyst be lined up as well.
The whole time I am loading the bar and lining up the plates. I say to my self, in a whisper. "OCD,OCD,OCD"
Yeah I'm a lunatic.
Pokoritel
02-07-07, 4:36 pm
My quircky things are:
1. When ever i bench press i must have the bar rolled to the front, and I know it makes no difference but thats just the way i like it.
2. I listen to listen to Amon Amarth before every workout, I dont know the name of the song but its the same song everytime. But after that i wont listen to music at all.
3. I need a sweater and long pants, If i dont get both i get pist off at who ever didnt do the laundry.
4. I always need something covering my head a hat, cap, hoodie. Dont matter just need one
5. Everytime i walk in i dont leave my shit in the lockers but i hang it on a machine that no one uses, and i just train and come back to get it. No one would dare steal my shit, everyone in the gym knows who I am.
Thats just about it.
If there's a weight on the bar that's facing to the outside, it just won't do...
and yes, all weights WILL match (although they don't really have different weights at the gym, but when I worked out at home we did)
I don't think there's really anything else, I'm kinda picky with my straps and grip
So...your one of them huh...lol
And just do you mean by that? I put in my dues and workout with a love just like the rest of you or i wouldnt be here in this forum i just clean the weight room then workout and come on if you could spend more time in the gym wouldnt you?
P_Venkman
02-08-07, 12:31 am
Quirks
1. Weights must always match. I have all them in my gym ranging from Weider, to York, Olympic Barbell Company, and no namers. They have to match.
2. I have to use the same bar everytime I bench, or deadlift. This is slightly out of necessity, its the only new shiny bar in the gym, the knurling is nice and fresh and sharp. And for some reason, now this just might be me, it seems to be a hair thicker than the rest of the olders ones.
3. If no one is using them, I rest between sets leanin on the dip bars (2 inch galvanized led pipes lag bolted into the wall and floor), or lean on the bar at the military press seat.
4. When deadlifting, the two rubber mats gotta be lined up nice and even, right outside the squat rack, in line with it too. I get bad with this one cuz if there not lined up, one side of the barbell will roll forward over the crease in the mat, throw my alignment with the bar out in between reps.
Arbalest
02-08-07, 12:46 am
I deadlift from the floor... I HAVE to have the bar sitting perfectly straight, and not at an angle at all. BUT, we have Hexagonal weights, so I will lift each side up separately, and adjust them all the same, and then line the bar up. If its not straight it kills me...
I don't wear underwear, except to the gym. For some reason, if i don't... i don't lift well. Otherwise, i don't wear it... I only have 3 pairs. lol Same with socks too. Gross, i know... but its just what i do.
bobbyj654
02-08-07, 12:59 am
I gotta get up at the same time every morning
I have to get to the gym at the same time, every time I train
I have to pee when I get to the gym, regardless if I have to release or not
I gotta listen to "Du Hast" when I am warming up on the machine
I must use the same Bench for Benching, same rack for squatting, same rack for deads.
I have to mix Nitro G before I put down the weights
I must buy a water at the gym, even if I just bought a gallon that same day
I gotta use my GNC bottle for the Animal Nitro
I have to leave at the same time every time
My bag must be organized EVERY time I leave to and from lifting.
I must grunt on he last rep of every set, even warm up!
I dont wear underwear when I go to sleep, I just wear shorts
If I don't eat something when I get up, I get extremley paranoid and short tempered the rest of the day.
I must look at myself in the mirror at least 75 % of the time when driving, I'm so sexy!!
I must drink water as soon as I get up, I get paranoid if I dont
I need to get the same type of protein at least 3 times in a row.
I must take the animal pak in the morning, even if I dont have breakfast.
I need to wash my hands every time I visit a restroom, even if I didnt touch anything
Wash hands before lift, and after, but not before finishing Animal Nitro G
and the final one
I need to but my protein from the SAME person at the SAME store, I'll go crazy, around the same time.
I am a crazy one eh?
bobbyj654
02-08-07, 1:01 am
one more, I need to say whats up to whoever is working at the gym, but that is before buying the water
And just do you mean by that? I put in my dues and workout with a love just like the rest of you or i wouldnt be here in this forum i just clean the weight room then workout and come on if you could spend more time in the gym wouldnt you?
You wrote: "Lol at my gym I am the cute lil guy who reracks the weights. And you guys don't laugh I am working at a gym so atleast i get to hang out in a place i like best"
I was playing because it seemed like you were being playful as well. It is sometimes difficult to show your personality or something you wanna say in black and white, without having what you write come across as opposite of how you wanted it to mean..did that make sense? You know I would never disrespect you or anyone else here at the forum, no matter what they do in their lives. I know you work hard...please accept an apology for sounding crass was I wasnt trying to be..just kidding around with you. Please forgive...
Toni
I gotta get up at the same time every morning
I have to get to the gym at the same time, every time I train
I have to pee when I get to the gym, regardless if I have to release or not
I gotta listen to "Du Hast" when I am warming up on the machine
I must use the same Bench for Benching, same rack for squatting, same rack for deads.
I have to mix Nitro G before I put down the weights
I must buy a water at the gym, even if I just bought a gallon that same day
I gotta use my GNC bottle for the Animal Nitro
I have to leave at the same time every time
My bag must be organized EVERY time I leave to and from lifting.
I must grunt on he last rep of every set, even warm up!
I dont wear underwear when I go to sleep, I just wear shorts
If I don't eat something when I get up, I get extremley paranoid and short tempered the rest of the day.
I must look at myself in the mirror at least 75 % of the time when driving, I'm so sexy!!
I must drink water as soon as I get up, I get paranoid if I dont
I need to get the same type of protein at least 3 times in a row.
I must take the animal pak in the morning, even if I dont have breakfast.
I need to wash my hands every time I visit a restroom, even if I didnt touch anything
Wash hands before lift, and after, but not before finishing Animal Nitro G
and the final one
I need to but my protein from the SAME person at the SAME store, I'll go crazy, around the same time.
I am a crazy one eh?
Your not crazy. I know many that have the same type of "quirks" let's say. Even I have to use the same bench press on chest day. Trust me, I have crazier OCD-like tendencies outside the gym! I am all about the washing hands thing too! LOL
bobbyj654
02-08-07, 4:38 am
Your not crazy. I know many that have the same type of "quirks" let's say. Even I have to use the same bench press on chest day. Trust me, I have crazier OCD-like tendencies outside the gym! I am all about the washing hands thing too! LOL
lol, yea, my uncle has OCD, he washes his hands, locks the doors, the whole bit, ya know
lol, yea, my uncle has OCD, he washes his hands, locks the doors, the whole bit, ya know
Now, I am not as bad as Jack Nicholson in that one movie..as good as it gets, but I can be a bit strange. Like, keeping drawers organized. I can't stand when drawers are a mess. Mine are perfect..well, what I think is perfectly organized. I also organize my son's and husband's. Now, I expect my son to tear up his crap, so I am constantly re-organizing his room..my way of course.
It's my husband that deliberately throws his crap in his drawers and wrinkles everything because he knows I can't take it and I will re-organize over and over again. It just drives me mad. Now, chances are I won't go in your home and start re-organizing, so don't even think about it. If your drawer is left open and I see its a mess, I may suggest you organize it..LOL
We have the Hexagonal plates at my gym. If they ain't in line and all angles arn't perfect. I can't use them.
The Handles muyst be lined up as well.
Yeah I'm a lunatic.
I always have my plates lined up too, and out of the 6 olympic platforms at my gym i always have to deadlift/squat in the same one. I think thats about it.
Iam so glad to see Iam not the only grazy one.
Here goes I have to be at Gym the same time and I have to leave at the same time every day. You can set your watch by my timing.
When entering the gym I bite the inside of my lip and dont take my sun glasses of until I get to the change room.
I have to jog on the same spot after every rep, its the only thing that relaxes me.
And I have to have a clean space to work in so I clean up all weights that lays around me, dont know I suppose order is very important to me. So yeah it pees me of big time if guys dont pack up the weights after they finish.
I love this site man I neerly feel normal.
Iam so glad to see Iam not the only grazy one.
Here goes I have to be at Gym the same time and I have to leave at the same time every day. You can set your watch by my timing.
When entering the gym I bite the inside of my lip and dont take my sun glasses of until I get to the change room.
I have to jog on the same spot after every rep, its the only thing that relaxes me.
And I have to have a clean space to work in so I clean up all weights that lays around me, dont know I suppose order is very important to me. So yeah it pees me of big time if guys dont pack up the weights after they finish.
I love this site man I neerly feel normal.
Nothing wrong with ya...its all good. I have to leave my home the same time everyday too..its all routine. I liked your post.
You wrote: "Lol at my gym I am the cute lil guy who reracks the weights. And you guys don't laugh I am working at a gym so atleast i get to hang out in a place i like best"
I was playing because it seemed like you were being playful as well. It is sometimes difficult to show your personality or something you wanna say in black and white, without having what you write come across as opposite of how you wanted it to mean..did that make sense? You know I would never disrespect you or anyone else here at the forum, no matter what they do in their lives. I know you work hard...please accept an apology for sounding crass was I wasnt trying to be..just kidding around with you. Please forgive...
Toni
Lol I was just having fun with with you I didn't take the slightest bit of offense.
One of the posts reminded me, the bar CAN NOT be at an angle if I'm doing something off the floor like DL's.
One of the posts reminded me, the bar CAN NOT be at an angle if I'm doing something off the floor like DL's.
I totally agree...I can't have a bench or a seat at an angle either. It drives me mad. Like if I use a short bench/seat under the smith machine for presses..it has to be just right...straight, not at an angle, not even off by a measley inch! you know what I mean?
Well I'm a no-go with the smith, but when I set up a seat for BB military presses or something, I'm slightly picky (our benches lock in place so it's not a problem when I'm benching)
Definitely no angles! Also whenever i do something standing up i balance my weight from one foot to the other (kinda` like jogging on the spot) before i start the exercise. When i go really hard on some exercise i usually end the set in a little smile.
Now for the best one: at my gym they usually have the same playlist and i usually get there about the same time the gym opens up. And the 4-th song on their playlist is a remix of coldplay`s clocks that i just love working out to. Well i kinda` got used to singing it and one day i asked some guy for a spot while benching and i think i freaked the guy out (i`m 270 lbs).
Grim Tavis
02-08-07, 2:53 pm
I find that it bugs me when I am doing a set of something where I can look at myself in the mirror and I happen to be standing at one of the seams in the mirrors.
I wish they used bigger mirrors so that there were less seams.
Oh...I also wish that my gym had hand sanitizer stations throughout the gym. I am not a germaphobe, but lets face it...there is lots of ugliness on the bars, dumbbells etc.
Everything has it's place, pen, log book, etc. I especially place all bars and DB's in certain areas of my basement. I hate when the DB's roll around because of a dip in the floor when this happens I start yelling at the DB's. Once in awhile I can hear one of the kids yell out..."Mom, Dad's yelling at the weights again!" My wife just shakes her head and goes on...
Any time I use dumbells, I have have to have the number of the weights facing out on both sides or I can't start my set. At my gym they have those black jade weights if the number and the word jade isn't facing out I'm fucking lost.
bobbyj654
02-08-07, 4:52 pm
Now, I am not as bad as Jack Nicholson in that one movie..as good as it gets, but I can be a bit strange. Like, keeping drawers organized. I can't stand when drawers are a mess. Mine are perfect..well, what I think is perfectly organized. I also organize my son's and husband's. Now, I expect my son to tear up his crap, so I am constantly re-organizing his room..my way of course.
It's my husband that deliberately throws his crap in his drawers and wrinkles everything because he knows I can't take it and I will re-organize over and over again. It just drives me mad. Now, chances are I won't go in your home and start re-organizing, so don't even think about it. If your drawer is left open and I see its a mess, I may suggest you organize it..LOL
hahaha, i love that movie, its was so funny
Carol the waitress, meet Simon the ***, lol
hahah best quirk i have is that i always have to take my pre workout shit. When i walk into the change room i always drop a duce before i lift that way i dont feel like im gonna shit my pants when i do my heavy sets.
Definitely no angles! Also whenever i do something standing up i balance my weight from one foot to the other (kinda` like jogging on the spot) before i start the exercise. When i go really hard on some exercise i usually end the set in a little smile.
Now for the best one: at my gym they usually have the same playlist and i usually get there about the same time the gym opens up. And the 4-th song on their playlist is a remix of coldplay`s clocks that i just love working out to. Well i kinda` got used to singing it and one day i asked some guy for a spot while benching and i think i freaked the guy out (i`m 270 lbs).
I like your post! LOL
hahah best quirk i have is that i always have to take my pre workout shit. When i walk into the change room i always drop a duce before i lift that way i dont feel like im gonna shit my pants when i do my heavy sets.
Ok..maybe we could have thought of some other quirk? You must have another! LOL
I find that it bugs me when I am doing a set of something where I can look at myself in the mirror and I happen to be standing at one of the seams in the mirrors.
I wish they used bigger mirrors so that there were less seams.
Oh...I also wish that my gym had hand sanitizer stations throughout the gym. I am not a germaphobe, but lets face it...there is lots of ugliness on the bars, dumbbells etc.
I hate being in between the edges of the mirrors. Sanitizer stations are not a bad idea either. I always carry around those little squeeze things...ummm, purell right? My dad always used to tell me to never use my finger to push an elevator button, use your elbow. Think about it..how many people touched that button before you and who knows what they did with their finger. So you go and touch the button and then touch your face or whatever else. Just EWWWW!
Sorry, I am girl at times.
Ok..maybe we could have thought of some other quirk? You must have another! LOL
hahaa ya i do have many other quirks that i share with many other people on here such as cant be in front of seams in the mirror, have to have to bar straight when doing DL etc.... I was just doing legs that day and immediatly thoguht of that one quirk before lol.
I just though of another one. When I do flat bench, I grip the bar and pull my back up three times before I can do anything. Another silly dumbell quirk I have is I have to clang them together three times before I start. It's like ringing the bell to start a fight. I dunno why but it triggers something in my brain that it's go time.
LightsOut
02-09-07, 2:08 pm
i, like a few others, have to roll the bar on the bench press up for whatever reason. also when i bench something i deem as "heavy" i pick up and slam the back of my head on the bench as im laying down a few times right before i take the weight off the bar, i guess it just pumps me up, but ive been doing it for years. the other thing is before i squat, no matter what weight, i do air squats in the rack while holding the bar, but i do the same amount of reps that im supposed to hit that set. weird i know but its just something i dont even think about when i do it.
I just though of another one. When I do flat bench, I grip the bar and pull my back up three times before I can do anything. Another silly dumbell quirk I have is I have to clang them together three times before I start. It's like ringing the bell to start a fight. I dunno why but it triggers something in my brain that it's go time.
See...now this is a true blooded quirky kinda guy...I like it! I like it alot! LOL
The Wrecker
02-09-07, 3:15 pm
I have to blow my nose that's about it. The bar can be bent, or the plates don't have to match.l Truth is I could care less.
dragondad
02-09-07, 3:47 pm
i work at the rec as a life guard and the weight room manager (that means i don't have to pay any dues and i make some extra cash for fix'n up my truck) but, i put my bag in the same place every day, i wear an AP skull cap or fold over beanie, have to have my ipod and i can't stand it when the guys have the plates unorganized,(they all have a pair or have a match) i'll walk around between sets organizing. ohh! and we have hex db's, and it drives me nuts when the #'s are not facing up.
i work at the rec as a life guard and the weight room manager (that means i don't have to pay any dues and i make some extra cash for fix'n up my truck) but, i put my bag in the same place every day, i wear an AP skull cap or fold over beanie, have to have my ipod and i can't stand it when the guys have the plates unorganized,(they all have a pair or have a match) i'll walk around between sets organizing. ohh! and we have hex db's, and it drives me nuts when the #'s are not facing up.
I am with you on the hex db's..must face up!
See...now this is a true blooded quirky kinda guy...I like it! I like it alot! LOL
haha, yea i dunno it all started my first year lifting it my first time going heavy and i need to get my head wrapped around what i was about to do, and i haven't been able to kick the habit. i'm a weirdo. but i love it.
I've got a 5 count set up on deads. I'll back off and start over if I miss something. Right hand grip, left hand grip, set feet, re-grip both hands, duck hips. Any time I get heavy, that has to be perfect or I'll bail. I don't understand how people can walk up to the bar, grab and go. I've tried it and I can't do it.
my quirk... I have the Animal skully i wear... but i flip the bottom up so it sits above my ears. Kinda like the skully Mickey wears in the Rocky movies. Yeah, i gotta chew gum too.
-Veritas-
PlacentiaBay
02-10-07, 12:38 pm
I have recently developed a few of these. First one is I can no long get pumped up from heavymetal. For the oddest reasons beyond my control slow music with deep lyrics get me pumped to the max. The reson for the pump is it puts everything in slow motion and it feels awsome. The second thing is the only cardio i do is speed rope. Cause its the only thing i enjoy and if i dont enjoy something i dont do it. Last thing is if im going to lift heavy i will think aout something that pissed em off earlier that day and put the rage into the bar kinda thing.
Lethal_Banana
02-10-07, 3:11 pm
Heh heh. I sure enjoyed reading some of the quirks your people have. I never realized I seem to possess a couple too:
I have to use the same locker at my gym EACH session. I get totally ballistic if it is occupied.
I need to have my iPod with me, else I have to go home to get it. Can't enter the gym without it.
I always have to sit in the steam bath for 15 minutes after a session, otherwise I won't feel 'finished' with the workout.
Oh, and on the flat BB bench press, I have to re-grip the bar three times before I lift. This is the same on each set. Freaks me out, but oh well :)
thatoneguy
02-10-07, 3:21 pm
while squating always have this beat up cardnial hat from like 82 and i always have to like jerk the bar 2-3 times and then just explode under the bar and pound out the reps...its a must
BigTruck
02-11-07, 1:45 am
i'm with the mirrors too. someone already posted but i figured i would add to the press. why can't they just get super big mirrors? the mirror seam is the vain of my existence. i also hate when someone walks between me and my mirror. oh, and i recently decided that i don't like it when someone is using a single db. they take one and they leave the other. take them both! don't even give me the chance to think about it. i'd rather see nothing than half of what i want.
one more -- the sense that one has to belong to something. i can't stand seeing folks in the gym wearing '...instructor' this or '...trainer' or '...champion' or anything of the sort. especially if they wear the same thing all the time. maybe its their lucky shirt -- if so -- then so be it. actually, i have to adjust my comment to fit the guy i have seen lately at my gym -- he always has some kind of social status advertisement on his shirt. it wouldnt be an issue, and i wouldnt notice, but he always ends up being that guy that walks in front of my mirror. thats right...my mirror. confused? see first paragraph for reference.
tanktwism
02-13-07, 7:16 pm
I have to walk to the drinking fountain and get a drink in between every set. That way no one will talk to me and I can time out the rest in between sets enough. EVERY SET, whether I'm thirsty or not.
I have to walk to the drinking fountain and get a drink in between every set. That way no one will talk to me and I can time out the rest in between sets enough. EVERY SET, whether I'm thirsty or not.
I find myself doing this too. For me it is because I hate sitting around during my rest period and walking to the drinking fountain and back takes up the time.
Arbalest
02-13-07, 9:59 pm
I just thought of something else...
Whenever I'm doing Shoulder DB Presses, seated in the chair.. some guy ALWAYS walks right in front of me, with a Barbell from the rack, and curls in right in front of me...
First of all, there is TONS of space to the left.. .where you're supposed to do it...
SECONDLY, he carries the stupid thing halfway across the friggin' gym just to stand where he is?!
Its not just one guy i should say... several people do this... pisses me off to no end... i'm trying to watch my form in the mirror, and i can't cuz some douchebag thinks he needs to do his cheat curls in front of me... humping the bar pretty much...
gah!
Cyrus The Virus
02-17-07, 1:35 am
I have to have the same type wieghts on the bar.
I always place my right hand on the bar first and then my left.
I count to three before I start my reps.
i'm with the mirrors too. someone already posted but i figured i would add to the press. why can't they just get super big mirrors? the mirror seam is the vain of my existence. i also hate when someone walks between me and my mirror. oh, and i recently decided that i don't like it when someone is using a single db. they take one and they leave the other. take them both! don't even give me the chance to think about it. i'd rather see nothing than half of what i want.
one more -- the sense that one has to belong to something. i can't stand seeing folks in the gym wearing '...instructor' this or '...trainer' or '...champion' or anything of the sort. especially if they wear the same thing all the time. maybe its their lucky shirt -- if so -- then so be it. actually, i have to adjust my comment to fit the guy i have seen lately at my gym -- he always has some kind of social status advertisement on his shirt. it wouldnt be an issue, and i wouldnt notice, but he always ends up being that guy that walks in front of my mirror. thats right...my mirror. confused? see first paragraph for reference.
I am with you on everythng here...this made me laugh..the t-shirt guy walking in front of your mirror..oh my God! Have you read this thread?
http://forum.animalpak.com/showthread.php?t=2183
I and many others talk about people in the gym that do the dumbest crap to piss us off...pretty funny stuff there...I think I have a stalker...either that or he has a death wish cause I am this close (can you see...my 2 little fingers about 1/8 inch apart from each other), from dropping a 65lb db on his foot! And he does not wear steel toe boots either!
well I have to uhmm. Allright I rub the bar before I lift everytime I can not help it when I was injured and I could not lift my wife thought I was xcrazy, but I slept on my bench.
I pet the slag iron like an equestrian would pet a horse. I like to feel it's cool solidity, to thank it for helping me without complaint. I do this more the more weight is on the bar. I like the fact that I can rest both hands on the plates on the leg machines and still have iron to spare.
If I am having a ridiculously intense workout, I draw a smiley face on my tank top in chalk.
I actually miss the weights, and know them as I know my own bodyparts. I know the personalities of all the machines. I know the gym like a lover or an old friend.
I feel at peace in the gym. In fact, it is the best I have ever felt in my life.
When I snap, and get scary and intense in the gym, I actually mouth the words (I may or may not quietly sing to myself...creepy..but I am not really paying attention) to whatever song I have going.
I growl. Seriously. I can't really help it...I growl like an...well...an animal. But only when it gets heavy and deep.
invictus1
03-11-07, 11:35 pm
love the thread
i dont say a word while i stretch or for my first couple of sets. i dont make any eye contact or even acknowledge anyones existance.
i have to wear layers and my last shirt has to be inside out
skull cap....enough said
my first rep on squats, i have to hold it at the bottom for a while and just sit there and feel the strech, the impending pain. :)
i rub the bar on the smooth part before rough sets
when i reach a rough set and im digging down deep i say to myself "i want it more" on each rep
when im in the zone i count my rep numbers quietly in arabic (it freaks out the person next to you)
plates have to face the inside
i have to use 45lb bars
i have to have my shake minutes after im done working out.
love the thread
i dont say a word while i stretch or for my first couple of sets. i dont make any eye contact or even acknowledge anyones existance.
i have to wear layers and my last shirt has to be inside out
skull cap....enough said
my first rep on squats, i have to hold it at the bottom for a while and just sit there and feel the strech, the impending pain. :)
i rub the bar on the smooth part before rough sets
when i reach a rough set and im digging down deep i say to myself "i want it more" on each rep
when im in the zone i count my rep numbers quietly in arabic (it freaks out the person next to you)
plates have to face the inside
i have to use 45lb bars
i have to have my shake minutes after im done working out.
everyone here is just crazy....like ME! I didnt even admit to all my quirks. You would die if you knew what I did at home!
Hey, you mentioned about wearing your last shirt inside out...I had a friend I trained with who did the same exzact thing as you!
Counting in arabic is just too freaking hilarious!
I have to use the same bars on everythng. If someone moves "my" bar from bench to the squat rack, and its my bench day..I am waiting for my dam bar..I can't bench with out it! It must be MY BAR!
I will tell you all something I do at home, and don't start comparing me to Jack Nicholson in that movie, As good as it gets either...as least not out loud here at the forum!
Whenever I make coffee, in the coffee maker..and its done...I can't pour the first cup of coffee until I take the used filter with the wet coffee grinds out and throw it away. After I do that, I will pour the first cup.
That's crazy huh?
Fine...judge me as you will...I am really not a psycho by any means..just have little quirky ways about myself. I guess these little things, somehow put us at ease and make us stand out from the rest. I think all of you that posted here, although you may have similar quirks, each one of you carry yourselves different from the next and each of you are special in your own silly, or not so silly ways.
We really have a great group of Animals here at this forum! Keep it real! Your all awesome in my eyes!
Dingo06
03-12-07, 11:52 am
I can't stand loose DB's and carry a set of allen wrenches in my gym bag.
I have to use the same tanning bed all the time.
Thats about as quirky as I get.
Later
i hate loose db's as well, when i pick em up if one end rattles a little i put it on the floor and roll it to tighten it, one end in m y left hand and one in my right, if it wont tighten cause of a messed up allen bolt, i rack em and grab another set... also the handles have to match, theres a couple different sets 1 with the 1" handles and another with 1.25" or 1.5" handles, both have to match.
brandona
03-12-07, 12:18 pm
When i bench, i sit on the end with my head down, then lay back and slide in to position curl my knees to my chest and then feet to the ground....grab the bar and do a mini pull up and touch my fore head to the bar and then lift off....if the pull up dont feel right i do it again......
-B
JBlackapple
03-13-07, 1:40 am
After reading some of the post I realize I have some of these quirks, only in the gym though. Example: The mirror thing, I can't stand in front of the seam, and like others, when I bench I have to do mini pull ups until I feel good and ready, then I regrip the bar about three times, but ONLY on my heaviest set.
Here's a new one, when I squat or leg press I ALLWAYS wear warmups and I ALLWAYS have to tuck them into my socks. I ALLWAYS take a sip of water from my jug in between sets and I allways have to finish the whole gallon. Now that weather is hotter the water from my jug has to ALLWAYS be cold. When I do seated calf raises I ALLWAYS pull (if I'm wearing sweats of warmups) them up to my knees and I ALLWAYS retie my shoe laces when doing calves. AND when I do seated DB military I ALLWAYS have to use the same back support bench. I think that's about it other than ALLWAYS going around the same time, using the same bench, wearing the same clothes(I wash them most of the time), and wearing the same all white chucks with black socks.
ldskenpo
04-24-07, 10:37 pm
1. I always wear a ball cap ( mostly orange UT hat)
2.my bag goes on the same chair in the locker room, somebody elses gear is there? i move it
3. the fan in the locker room must be off, if it is on i unplug it
4.my gym has different brands of weights, some all metal, some rubber coated, i have to have the same type on both ends of the bar
5. the dbs must be racked in sets
6. weights back on tree
7.i must have room to pace between sets
8.NOTHING BUT A 45 GOES ON THE LEG PRESS SLED
Brute Strength
04-24-07, 11:00 pm
I HAVE TO WEAR A HAT, EITHER A BALL CAP OR A SKULL CAP, BUT I HAVE TO HAVE MY HAT ON.
-b
used to do that until i got agrivatted (Sp?) while doing skull crushers and i kept hitting the rim of my hat then i just got way too pissed and threw it on the ground and put a 45 on it and stomped on it. Only quirk now is i have to listen to the same song first everytime
ryanlemley1
04-25-07, 12:44 pm
this guy here must always have on my asics wrestling shoes to train...don't care if it is bicep/tricep day or anything else upper body. gotta have'em on. if not...not a good session. recently just made a new music mix and that is what i have to listen to every day. have to start with the same song..every day...haven't even finished the thing yet...30 songs i believe. mini disc player always has to be on my left hip..no matter what. the animal skully is a must..who cares if it is 85 degrees in there or not. gotta get my sweat going. if i don't walk out of there drenched...it was a lost day. and one said on here earlier that he doesn't wear underwear when he goes to bed..just shorts...well this one's gotta be bare. not sure why....but always been that way since i started college.
spanish.iron
04-26-07, 7:35 am
Well besides what everyone else said... here's a few of mine:
1) The ceiling at my gym has these beams or rafters, whatever you wanna call them, going across. So, when I bench, if I lay down and the bar isn't perfectly parallel with the beams I'll sit back up and adjust the whole bench as many times until it's perfect.
3) Before a heavy lift I gotta take 3 deep breaths and lift off after the 3rd. If I don't I gotta start the count over.
4) I always gotta tighten up loose dumbells. You know when the ends are loose because the allen bolt came loose? I HATE it. I think someone mentioned this on the first page.
5) I hate the thought of getting drunk with my university buddies just cuz I know alcohol dehydrates. I feel like a sissy but the thought of losing any water bothers the hell outta me.
Budsbythebeach
04-26-07, 8:17 am
I also have to have my gym bag in the same corner, everyday. I walk in, put my gear down and train. When I walk in the gym, and someone is standing in my corner, they know to move without me even asking. That is my freaking corner for my shit.
Wow thats your corner huh,
Hhhm quirky eh?
I guess the weridest i get is before huge lifts, i close my eyes, roll my neck hard side to side, and think of events in my life that anger me.
I guess its kind of a water boy thing.
But i must say, its always good for a few extra reps.
i like to slap a sticky-note on the door that reads "ego" as i walk into my gym....i know everyone has heard that quote and it started out as a joke to prove a point to this kid in my class one day, but now i do it every time i walk into the gym...they dont like it too much up here at school cause i never take it back off. oh well
two kinds of dumbbell handles, fat and thin. i cant stand the thin ones, and i hate it even more when they are miss matched.
i gave up on having the bar perfectly straight on deadlifts, damn you Iron Grip!!
and i cant squat in a power cage, i dont like the feeling, so its gotta be at a squat rack i can move away from, this of course clashes with the delightful people who like to shrug and curl on the only 2 squat racks. aaaaaah.